03/07/2022
Wiri Donna emerges from folk seedlings into an indie riff-rock sunflower with her new EP 'Being Alone', due out at the end of May. Touching on lessons often learnt out of loneliness, Te Whanganui-a-Tara-based Bianca Bailey ...
28/06/2022
Tess Liautaud grew up an American in France and she has now brought her softly honest folk-pop sound to NZ. Travelling Te Waipounamu in her van, Tess considers herself a nomad and goes wherever the music takes her. Her most ...
27/05/2022
Something Zesty produce a big sound for just two people. Cooking up their funky fresh tunes in a sleepout, the Whanganui-born and bred duo have just released their second album, ‘Funk't Up 2’. Naturally enough it's a ...
14/02/2022
Having released a pair of EPs (‘Last Little While’ and ‘You’) over the Covid period of 2020/21, alternative folk musician James Hunter has recently been looking to promote them with live performances. Creative, energetic, ...
17/11/2021
Six60 might continue to dominate the numbers game and Lorde still horde international media attention, but if there’s one Kiwi artist defining the local music landscape in the 2020’s it’s surely actor/musician Troy ...
26/06/2013
In this issue, we are going to try a piece that, in a way, utilises what guitarists call the chord/melody technique. It's another solo bass piece but the method of playing you will need to develop may come in handy ...
24/04/2013
Nowadays, singing isn’t about what someone sounds like, it’s about what they look like when they sing. It’s about their back-story, presentation, attitude, personality and so many factors unrelated to song-craft and ...
26/01/2013
Over the last few issues we have looked at some simple scales and arpeggios, as well as some harmonics and a little elementary tapping. We will continue with these aspects of playing to build up some bass chops over the next ...
